Day: September 12, 2017

Can you picture Leonardo DiCaprio as axe-wielding psycho Patrick Bateman? For a minute there, it almost happened. Producer Ed Pressman told THR that after “Titanic” made Leo a huge star, he was sent the script for “American Psycho,” and he wanted to do it. “But [director] Mary Harron told me: […]

Jason Blum is so confident that his “Halloween” reboot will be ready for October 2018, he’s issued a gruesome guarantee: “You can kill me. You can behead me. You can chop my hand off…that’s on the record,” he told TheWrap. Blum, the founder of Blumhouse Productions, made the ghoulish promise […]

Audiences won’t be able to see Liam Neeson‘s very particular set of skills on the big screen for much longer: The actor says he’s retiring from action movies. While speaking with reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, Neeson — who became an unlikely action star thanks to […]

After a tumultuous week in the “Star Wars” universe, there’s been yet another disturbance in the Force: “Episode IX” is getting pushed back from its original May 24, 2019 release date to December 2019. The delayed premiere date — which was announced on the official “Star Wars” social media accounts […]

If you follow Kristen Bell on social media, you know that she’s currently stranded in Orlando, Florida, where she was shooting a movie before Hurricane Irma hit last weekend. Bell took shelter a Disney hotel (and helped evacuate costar Josh Gad’s family, too), and has since been hunkering down alongside […]

Dr. Ben Warren (Jason George) is moving from “Grey’s Anatomy” to the new firefighter spinoff, and how that transition happens will be a key part of his Season 14 storyline. Season 14 premieres Thursday, Sept. 28 on ABC, picking up from the literally explosive Season 13 finale. In that finale, […]

Bucky Barnes and Jon Snow are both warriors of few words with strong ties to winter and no clue whether they’ll live long enough to take on a new leadership role. Sebastian Stan plays Bucky/The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently completing his work in “Avengers: Infinity War” […]

The best description of the Michael Douglas drama “The Game” came from director David Fincher upon the movie’s release 20 years ago this week (on September 12, 1997). Fincher said it was a film about a “fashionable, good-looking Scrooge, lured into a ‘Mission: Impossible‘ situation with a steroid shot in […]

After James Woods critiqued the 7-year age gap between two male characters in Armie Hammer‘s new gay indie romance, “Call Me by Your Name,” Hammer had the perfect response. “Didn’t you date a 19-year-old when you were 60…..?” Hammer replied to Woods’ tweet. Per THR, Woods started dating his current […]

After British actor Ed Skrein dropped out of the “Hellboy” reboot to avoid whitewashing a character who was written as Japanese-American, “Hawaii Five-0” alum Daniel Dae Kim might replace him. EW confirms that Kim is in talks to take on the role of Daimio, who an officer at the Bureau […]

The rumors were true: J.J. Abrams will direct “Star Wars: Episode IX” after Colin Trevorrow was booted from the franchise. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced the news via a statement today: “With ‘The Force Awakens,’ J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, I am so excited that he […]

Don’t count Michelle Rodriguez out for future Fast and Furious flicks yet. Although the actress has expressed concerns in the past regarding the role of women in the action franchise, she isn’t ruling out a return. In fact, she sounds pretty convinced that she’ll reprise her role as Letty Ortiz […]

Melissa McCarthy has been rewarded for making our lives so “Spicey” this year. Back before White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned, the actress made multiple appearances on “Saturday Night Live” to impersonate him. It was an impression the White House was reportedly not too fond of but many fans […]

The zombie apocalypse is giving way to another crisis — and this one is all too real. With former-Hurricane Irma moving north toward Georgia on Monday, production on several TV series has been put on hold, Variety reports. “The Walking Dead” is one of the affected shows as it films […]